1.Könige 16 | Bibelen på hverdagsdansk

1 Profeten Jehu, Hananis søn, kom til Basha med et ord fra Herren: 2 „Jeg løftede dig op fra støvet og gjorde dig til konge over mit folk Israel. Men du følger i Jeroboams fodspor og lokker mit folk til synd, så de gør oprør mod mig. 3 Jeg vil snart udrydde dig og din slægt fuldstændigt, akkurat som det skete med Jeroboams slægt. 4 Dem fra din slægt, som bliver dræbt i byen, vil hundene æde, og dem, som bliver dræbt på landet, vil fuglene æde!” Herren udtalte denne dom over Basha og hans slægt, fordi Basha havde gjort ham vred ved at følge i Jeroboams fodspor og gøre oprør mod Herren, og fordi han havde udryddet Jeroboams slægt. Bashas øvrige bedrifter står nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. Da Basha døde, blev han begravet i Tirtza, og hans søn Ela overtog kongetronen.

Diverse onde konger i Israel

8 Ela, Bashas søn, kom til magten i kong Asa af Judas 26. regeringsår, men han kom kun til at regere i to år.* 9 Zimri, der stod i spidsen for halvdelen af vogntropperne, lavede en sammensværgelse imod ham. En dag, da kong Ela var på besøg hos sin hofmarskal, Artza, i residensbyen Tirtza, og var blevet godt beruset, 10 trængte Zimri ind i huset og myrdede ham. Mordet fandt sted i kong Asa af Judas 27. regeringsår. Derefter udråbte Zimri sig selv til Israels nye konge. 11 Han dræbte straks hele kongefamilien, det vil sige alle mandspersoner, som kunne true hans regime. Selv deres slægtninge og venner dræbte han, så der ikke var nogen til at tage blodhævn. 12 Bashas slægt var nu udryddet, som Herren havde sagt gennem profeten Jehu, 13 og det var fordi Basha og hans søn Ela havde forledt hele Israels folk til oprør mod Herren ved deres afgudsdyrkelse. 14 Resten af Elas livshistorie og hans bedrifter er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 15 Zimri beholdt dog kun kongemagten i syv dage. De israelitiske soldater var på det tidspunkt i færd med at belejre filisterbyen Gibbeton. Da de hørte, at Zimri havde gjort oprør imod kongen og dræbt ham, valgte de straks Omri, hærens øverstkommanderende, til konge. 17 Omri opgav så belejringen af Gibbeton og med hele Israels hær belejrede han hovedstaden Tirtza, hvor Zimri befandt sig. 18 Da Zimri indså, at han intet kunne stille op, gik han ind i kongepaladset og satte ild til det. Sådan omkom han, 19 fordi han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne og fortsatte i samme spor som Jeroboam, der havde indført afgudsdyrkelse i Israel. 20 Resten af Zimris bedrifter og detaljer om hans oprør mod kongen er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 21 Befolkningen delte sig nu i to lejre, den ene var loyal over for Omri, den anden udråbte Tibni, søn af Ginat, til konge. 22 Men Omris hær var den stærkeste, så i løbet af få år blev Tibnis hær besejret. Efter at Tibni var død, blev Omri konge over hele Nordriget. 23 Det var i kong Asa af Judas 31. regeringsår, at Omri officielt blev konge over hele Nordriget. Han regerede i alt i 12 år—de første seks år i Tirtza. 24 Han købte en bakketop af en mand ved navn Shemer for 70 kilo sølv og byggede en by der, som blev hans nye hovedstad. Han kaldte byen Samaria* til ære for Shemer. 25 Men Omri var værre end nogen anden konge før ham. 26 Han fortsatte i det spor, Jeroboam var slået ind på, da han fik Israels folk til at gøre oprør mod Herren, deres Gud, gennem deres tåbelige afgudsdyrkelse. 27 Resten af Omris bedrifter er nedskrevet i Israels kongers krønikebog. 28 Da Omri døde, blev han begravet i Samaria, og hans søn Ahab blev konge efter ham.

Ahab som konge i Israel

29 Ahab blev konge i Israel i kong Asa af Judas 38. regeringsår. Han regerede i 22 år med Samaria som hovedstad. 30 Han gjorde, hvad der var ondt i Herrens øjne i endnu højere grad end sine forgængere. 31 Ikke alene fortsatte han i Jeroboams spor og dyrkede de afguder, han havde indført, men han giftede sig endog med Jezabel, sidonierkongen Et-Ba’als datter, og indførte derved ba’aldyrkelsen i Israel! 32 Først byggede han et tempel og et alter for Ba’al i Samaria. 33 Derpå lavede han andre afguder og et frugtbarhedssymbol for Asheragudinden. Derved provokerede han Herren, Israels Gud, med sit oprør, og det mere end nogen anden konge i Israel før ham. 34 Det var på kong Ahabs tid, at en mand ved navn Hiel fra Betel formastede sig til at genopbygge Jeriko. Mens han lagde byens nye fundament, døde hans ældste søn Abiram, og da han gjorde byporten færdig, døde hans yngste søn Segub. Derved opfyldtes den forbandelse, som Josva i sin tid havde udtalt.*

English Standard Version

1 And the word of the Lord came to Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha, saying, 2 “Since I exalted you out of the dust and made you leader over my people Israel, and you have walked in the way of Jeroboam and have made my people Israel to sin, provoking me to anger with their sins, 3 behold, I will utterly sweep away Baasha and his house, and I will make your house like the house of Jeroboam the son of Nebat. 4 Anyone belonging to Baasha who dies in the city the dogs shall eat, and anyone of his who dies in the field the birds of the heavens shall eat.” 5 Now the rest of the acts of Baasha and what he did, and his might, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 6 And Baasha slept with his fathers and was buried at Tirzah, and Elah his son reigned in his place. 7 Moreover, the word of the Lord came by the prophet Jehu the son of Hanani against Baasha and his house, both because of all the evil that he did in the sight of the Lord, provoking him to anger with the work of his hands, in being like the house of Jeroboam, and also because he destroyed it.

Elah Reigns in Israel

8 In the twenty-sixth year of Asa king of Judah, Elah the son of Baasha began to reign over Israel in Tirzah, and he reigned two years. 9 But his servant Zimri, commander of half his chariots, conspired against him. When he was at Tirzah, drinking himself drunk in the house of Arza, who was over the household in Tirzah, 10 Zimri came in and struck him down and killed him, in the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, and reigned in his place. 11 When he began to reign, as soon as he had seated himself on his throne, he struck down all the house of Baasha. He did not leave him a single male of his relatives or his friends. 12 Thus Zimri destroyed all the house of Baasha, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke against Baasha by Jehu the prophet, 13 for all the sins of Baasha and the sins of Elah his son, which they sinned and which they made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord God of Israel to anger with their idols. 14 Now the rest of the acts of Elah and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Zimri Reigns in Israel

15 In the twenty-seventh year of Asa king of Judah, Zimri reigned seven days in Tirzah. Now the troops were encamped against Gibbethon, which belonged to the Philistines, 16 and the troops who were encamped heard it said, “Zimri has conspired, and he has killed the king.” Therefore all Israel made Omri, the commander of the army, king over Israel that day in the camp. 17 So Omri went up from Gibbethon, and all Israel with him, and they besieged Tirzah. 18 And when Zimri saw that the city was taken, he went into the citadel of the king’s house and burned the king’s house over him with fire and died, 19 because of his sins that he committed, doing evil in the sight of the Lord, walking in the way of Jeroboam, and for his sin which he committed, making Israel to sin. 20 Now the rest of the acts of Zimri, and the conspiracy that he made, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?

Omri Reigns in Israel

21 Then the people of Israel were divided into two parts. Half of the people followed Tibni the son of Ginath, to make him king, and half followed Omri. 22 But the people who followed Omri overcame the people who followed Tibni the son of Ginath. So Tibni died, and Omri became king. 23 In the thirty-first year of Asa king of Judah, Omri began to reign over Israel, and he reigned for twelve years; six years he reigned in Tirzah. 24 He bought the hill of Samaria from Shemer for two talents* of silver, and he fortified the hill and called the name of the city that he built Samaria, after the name of Shemer, the owner of the hill. 25 Omri did what was evil in the sight of the Lord, and did more evil than all who were before him. 26 For he walked in all the way of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, and in the sins that he made Israel to sin, provoking the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger by their idols. 27 Now the rest of the acts of Omri that he did, and the might that he showed, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel? 28 And Omri slept with his fathers and was buried in Samaria, and Ahab his son reigned in his place.

Ahab Reigns in Israel

29 In the thirty-eighth year of Asa king of Judah, Ahab the son of Omri began to reign over Israel, and Ahab the son of Omri reigned over Israel in Samaria twenty-two years. 30 And Ahab the son of Omri did evil in the sight of the Lord, more than all who were before him. 31 And as if it had been a light thing for him to walk in the sins of Jeroboam the son of Nebat, he took for his wife Jezebel the daughter of Ethbaal king of the Sidonians, and went and served Baal and worshiped him. 32 He erected an altar for Baal in the house of Baal, which he built in Samaria. 33 And Ahab made an Asherah. Ahab did more to provoke the Lord, the God of Israel, to anger than all the kings of Israel who were before him. 34 In his days Hiel of Bethel built Jericho. He laid its foundation at the cost of Abiram his firstborn, and set up its gates at the cost of his youngest son Segub, according to the word of the Lord, which he spoke by Joshua the son of Nun.

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